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Things aren’t going well in the Middle East, needless to say. ISIS is on the move bringing a violent political

The Best Hummus in Jordan

Restaurant Hashim. Could be the best hummus I’ve ever had in my life. Anyone who already has a guidebook will

Jordan Tower Hotel (not to be confused with Arab Tower Hotel) is an ideal place for the backpacker traveler staying

The Indiana Jones moment. I went to Jordan and did the obvious. It’s kissing the Blarney stone of Jordan and

While visiting Petra I was a guest at an unusual hotel in the modern city. Originally an Ottoman-period village, Taybet

Cleopatra: The Search for the Last Queen of Egypt Here’s your chance to stand between two sixteen-foot tall stone statues

Dramatic travel stories. When they are happening to us, it is perhaps a nightmare. Certainly the time I got deathly

How long does it take to get two stamps on a sheet of paper? In Kuwait, that’d be two hours.

After a breakfast of olives, bread, tomatoes and some intense yogurt cheese called lebne, I headed to the local museum,

Just over a week ago, Tiger Woods was here in Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, playing golf in

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